Iowa · Private foundation
Poortinga Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $150k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $702k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Poortinga Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 12 | $150k | 42% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $272k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $35k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $49k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $189k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $308k | 83% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $152k | 44% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $95k | 17% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central College | $214,250 | 8 | 0% |
| Wesleylife | $150,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Pella Rec | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Well Resource Center | $75,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Riverside Community Church | $67,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Third Reformed Church of Pella Iowa | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 725 Ministries | $45,000 | 3 | 10% |
| The Bridge Church Inc | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Sunshine Acres Children's Home Inc | $16,700 | 1 | 0% |
| InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA | $11,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central College | $214,250 | 8 | 0% |
| Wesleylife | $150,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Pella Rec | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Well Resource Center | $75,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Riverside Community Church | $67,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Third Reformed Church of Pella Iowa | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 725 Ministries | $45,000 | 3 | 10% |
| The Bridge Church Inc | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Sunshine Acres Children's Home Inc | $16,700 | 1 | 0% |
| InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA | $11,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Pella Historical Society | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Diocesan Council for the Society of St Vincent de Paul Diocese Phoenix | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Share Our Strength | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Spirit of Pella | $2,044 | 1 | n/a |
| The Central Club | $1,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Union Street Players | $700 | 1 | n/a |
| House of Refuge Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Wesleylife Foundation | $260 | 1 | n/a |
| Pella Community Food Shelf | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Pella Preservation Trust | $150 | 1 | n/a |
| Check For a Lump | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($586k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Poortinga Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Pella Rolscreen Foundation · Boat Foundation Inc · Vermeer Charitable Foundation · Pella Community Foundation · Mark & Kay Decook Charitable Founda · R & L Vermeer Foundation Inc · Peter H and E Lucille Gaass Kuyper Foundation · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About Poortinga Family Foundation
- How much does Poortinga Family Foundation give?
- Poortinga Family Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $149,994 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Poortinga Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (58%), Education (18%), Human Services (17%).
- Who are Poortinga Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Central College ($214k), Wesleylife ($151k), Pella Rec ($100k).
- Does Poortinga Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Poortinga Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Poortinga Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Pella Rolscreen Foundation, Boat Foundation Inc, Vermeer Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Poortinga Family Foundation based?
- Poortinga Family Foundation is based in IA.
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